Robert B. Sloan

Robert Bryan Sloan, Jr. (born 1949) is an American academic and theologian. He has been the president of Houston Baptist University since 2006.

Sloan was born in Coleman, Texas, and grew up in Abilene, Texas. He earned his B.A. from Baylor University in 1970, and his M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1973. After post-graduate research at the University of Bristol, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Basel in 1978. After serving as an adjunct at Hardin-Simmons University and on the faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Sloan joined the Department of Religion faculty at Baylor University in 1983, and would eventually become the founding dean of the George W. Truett Theological Seminary. He succeeded Herbert H. Reynolds as president of the university in 1995.

In 2002, Sloan unveiled a 42-page plan titled "Baylor 2012," outlining his strategy to transform into a national university with Ph.D. programs and research professors, allowing it "to enter the top tier of American universities while reaffirming and deepening its distinctive Christian mission." His plan included twelve imperatives that were "necessary for Baylor to fulfill the Vision". Opposition to the plan, as well as several controversial financial moves, resulted in Sloan narrowly escaping a 2004 vote to oust him as president, and eventually resigning in 2005. The saga is chronicled in the 2007 book The Baylor Project: Taking Christian Higher Education to the Next Level ().

Following a brief stint as Baylor's Chancellor in 2005–2006, Sloan served as visiting scholar at the University of St Andrews in 2006, before beginning his tenure as president of Houston Baptist University on September 1, 2006.

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